Cable guide



Aug. 25, 1931 c. w. RICHARDSON CABLE GUIDE Filed Oct. 18 1929 CONLEY w. itionamisen, or iviARioN, IRGINIA, AssIGNoRTo. THE JEFFREY MANU- Patented Aug. 25, 1931 FACTUMRING COMPANXgOF,COLUMBUSrOHIQ'A CORPORATION,OF'0HIO C B bs-e T Marsala s; asta-18,; 9295; ser aiiroy ioossaj 1 f A The present invention" relates to guide pulleys, and as here disclosed-,- is'shown and described -in 'connect1on" w th mine l'ocomotives for the purpose of handling the power whichwill take up or pay out the'cab'le supplying power to the motor in accordance with Y I 7 construction, having, as is customaryyverthe needs of the operation of the locomotive. saw 7 It Will be understood, however, thatthis disclosure is merely-illustrative,"and thatthe guide may be used inanysituation or in connection with any apparatus where it finds utility 1. i V The object of the invention is "to provide a guide which will quickly respond toshift- 'ing ofithe cable from straight {line position to angular positions relative to the guide, and

maintainffthe cable always in pjrop'er rela- 3 tion to the rollersover which it passes;-provi sion being made also 01 reducing friction so that the device will resond to" the=-slightest drag of the cable tending to shift its position. More specifically, the invention contem- 25 plates the use of a ball race, to one member of which cable rollers are attached, the axes of the cable rollers and the axisv of rotation I, a

gether orotherwise secured bythe bolts and nuts 15 best shown in- FigureS, so "that the ring portion of the support 11 "may-sti etto of the ball race being angularly disposed with respect to one another so that the combined usual anti-frictional rollers for the cable so far as its longitudinal movement is concerned, I

and provide also for the shifting of the posiv member 16 and an innerinember 17,'betwecn tion of these rollers on the ball race support In order that the matter may be clear to those skilled in the art, the accompanying l "11, as best shown 111* Figures 3 and a It drawings illustrate one physical embodiment of the invention, and in said drawings Figure 1 is a view in plan of a locomotive with the guide positioned thereon and the cable traversing the guide.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the ini-L H p V I "race,- here shown as the inner-"member, are brackets 19 of substantially right angle form,*"

proved cable guide, looking from the left, Figure 1. i I L l Figure 3 is a view in elevation of the device shown in Figure 2, looking from the right of Figure l.

tiallyupon the line 44of Figure 3,

the number 5," and carries 5 cable which, in themanipulationfof locomofree 6 upoiiwhich the power cable 7 is st'oredf' 'al tives' of this character, 'is carriedby amel; I

': paid out as desired.

result of the combination is to afford the' wlien the angle of drag'of the cable is shifted.

Figure l is a crosssectional view substan- Referringto the drawings by numerals, I l ke numbers in'dicatiii'g' like parts in'the seV: r eral views, the locomotive is designatedby and bywvliiclireel 6 it'm'ay taken'upior ;-Adjaceiit the cable'6 is a guide 8, of usual tically1 and horizontally disposed rollers fl againstwhich thee-able runsi 1 At any convenientor'appropriatepointon i the locomotive, the" improved c ableg uide forming the subject of this invention may m be mounted. As here shown, the cable guide 10 of my invention is placed at, therear'of position, a convenient support, as here shown, o'

being, made up of the'ring llprovided with the supporting feet 12 which may be secured to the" loco1notive or othenapparatus, with ,which' it is used, in any suitable manner; as

bytlie apertureslii through which bolts or {any suitable fastening means may pass.

1 Thelegs 14 of the support 11 are boltedtoclamped upon the contained parts. j'Mou'nted wvithiii -the ring portion of the '1 support 11 is a ball racem'ade upof anouter 'which'thelusual caged balls 18 are mountedf "theout'ermember 16 of the race being firmly clainpedby thering section} of the'support will be obvious that the inner race-memben 17 will-rot'ate freely on'theinterposed balls? relative to the outer member 161015 the ball race and the support.

" l 'Secur'edto onejof the'members of the'ball the vertical webs of these jvbrackets being bolted to the inner race member 17 by means of clamping membersQOand' bolts 21",the

clampingmembers' '20 having angularly disposed portions 22 at one end which enga e"? the usual cable i I the end of the ball race, the other ends of the clamps abutting a plate 23 having a central aperture and extending over the ball races, so as to cover them and prevent dirt or refuse from entering the races, this plate 23 being interposed between the ball race and the clamps and the vertical webs :19 of the roller supporting brackets.

The roller supporting brackets carry in their horizontal webs 24 cable rollers 25 of usual form, preferably concave, as shown, and designed to take the drag of the cable during its longitudinal travel through the guide.

It will be seen that when the cable 7 is being taken up by or paid out from the reel 6, that the rollers 25, so long as there is no angular shift of the cable, will serve to guide it and reduce friction, but that in event of the drag of the cable tending to displace it relative to the rollers 25 that such shift of the cable will at once rotate the member of the ball race to which the rollers are secured, and maintain the guide always in proper position with the cable engaging and traveling on the rollers 25. The ball race is obviously sensitive to any drag of the cable tendingto rotate it, and will quicklyand automatically adjust itself to different conditions.

While I have shown a ball race as a convenient form of rotatable support, it will be understood that other equivalent; forms 1mg be used. a ther changes from the structure here shown, within the skill of the mec-han ic, may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

. I claim: v

1. A cable guide comprising a support, a ball race mounted in said support, brackets secured to and rotatable with a member of said ball race, cable rollers mounted in said brackets with their axes disposed at substantially right angles to the axis ofr-otation of said frame, and a cover plate for'said ball race disposed between said race and said brackets.

:2. A cable guide comprising an annular clamping support, a ball race having its outer 'member clamped infixed position by said annular support, roller supporting brackets removably mounted onthe inner member of said ball race and projecting outwardly therefrom, and cable rollers mounted on said brackets with their axes disposed at substantially right angles to the axis of rotation of said ballrace.

3. A cable guide comprising an annular clamping support, a ball race having its outer member clamped in fixed position by said annular support, roller supporting brackets, clamping members removably securing said brackets to the inner member ofsaid ball race inoutwardly projecting relation thereto, and cable rollers mounted on said brackets with their axes disposed at substantially of saidbrackets with their axes disposed at substantially right angles tothe axis of rotation of said frame.

5. A cable guide comprising an annular clamping support, a ball race having its outer member clamped 'in fixed position by said annular support, substantially L-shapecl' supportingbrackets removably fastened to the .inner member of's-aid ball race, a ring member to cover thelballrace held between said race and said brackets, and cable rollers mounted inparallelly extending webs'of said brackets with their axes disposed at substantially right angles tothe axis of rotation of said frame.

6. -A cable guide comprising a pair of rela-,, tively rotatable concentric rings, supporting means fixedto one of the rings, a pair of angle barssecured to the other ring for r0- tation therewith, said bars having Web portionsin parallel relation to each other and in secantalrelation to the rings, said web portion-s. projecting outwardly from the rings, and .eable rollers mounted in spaced relation between. said web portions, the axes of saidrollers lying in a plane. substantiallyv perpendicular to the axis of the rings.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand.

CONLEY WV. RICHARDSON. 

